Synthesizing the results of the extensive research on women & gender done over the last twenty years, Margaret Meriwether & Judith Tucker provide an accessible overview of the scholarship on women & gender in the nineteenth- & twentieth-century Middle East. The book is organized along thematic lines ...
Synthesizing the results of the extensive research on women & gender done over the last twenty years, Margaret Meriwether & Judith Tucker provide an accessible overview of the scholarship on women & gender in the nineteenth- & twentieth-century Middle East. The book is organized along thematic lines that reflect major focuses of research in this area-gender & work, gender & the state, gender & law, gender & religion, & feminist movements-& each chapter is written by a scholar who has done original research on the topic.